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 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 158 pages
...men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - 1853 - 364 pages
...men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. protect it ; and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 pages
...born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and inalienable rights; among which maybe reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler - 1853 - 860 pages
...and equal and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned tne right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness." Sir, there is not one word in either, of these documents which recognizes the principle that each man,... | |
 | William Goodell - 1853 - 628 pages
...men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and inalienable rights, which are the right of enjoying and defending their lives and...liberties, that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property.'—It would be difficult to select words more precisely adapted to the abolition of slavery."—Pickering's... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1853 - 108 pages
...are bom free and equal, and have certain' natural, essential, and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties ; that df acquiring, possessing, and protecting property ; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights: among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. 2. It is the right, as well as the duty, of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 890 pages
...Constitution of Massachusetts, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending...acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in 6ne, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness. Privileges, according to the same authority,... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 892 pages
...exordium of the Bill of Rights, " and have certain natural, essential, and unalienaUe rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties." " No subject," says the second article, " shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty,... | |
 | William Cooper Nell - 1855 - 416 pages
...men are born free and EQUAL, and have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and DEFENDING...seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness." It would be absurd to say that the General Government, or that Congress, has the constitutional right... | |
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